How to foster interest in world events – without the anxiety As a new report shows young people are anxious about world events, Lindsay Nadin and Helen Care set out some tips for supporting interest while reducing worries
Religious education: A test case for humanist views Schools have a lot of leeway over their curriculum for religious studies but a recent case means humanism simply can’t be excluded, writes Dan Rosenberg
SEND Review: Why it’s time to ditch the meritocratic myth We must rethink troubling assumptions at the heart of the SEND green paper in order to restore dignity to a failing system, write Ben Newmark and Tom Rees
Tory leadership: A chance to tackle selection once and for all As the candidates gear up for a televised debate, Mike Ion suggests Rishi Sunak should come out fighting for evidence-led policy and against academic selection
Pay award: This ‘landmark’ settlement lands wide of the mark What was meant to be a fully-funded and inflation-busting settlement has managed to be neither and please no one, writes Micon Metcalfe
This pay award confirms my decision to leave This ‘best and fairest pay deal’ is a timely reminder of why I decided to leave, writes Will Yates. Schools and their staff are just not taken seriously
‘We got teachers the best and fairest pay deal we possibly could’ The education secretary writes about next year’s pay deal, and his ‘admiration’ for teachers
We must not sleepwalk into ditching the national curriculum The schools bill threatens to make the national curriculum obsolete, writes Tim Oates, and that’s not a good thing at all
Heatwave: Keeping cool is a concern for the future too There is little schools can do to mitigate extreme weather without investment to make the estate more resilient, efficient and sustainable, writes Steven Reynolds